Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [conj] it have [adv] " in BNC.

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1 W.H.R chairman Al McNicol confirmed that it has always been the Company policy to rebuild to Dinas .
2 Curtis recalled that it had only been the resourcefulness of the two kids and the fortunate intervention of the trucker Jube , that had saved his friend that night .
3 Subsequently , the GLC showed that it had indeed become more marginal than the previous LCC and control fluctuated between the Labour and Conservative parties .
4 In 1976 , in response to a White Paper on devolution to Scotland and Wales , the CNAA commented that it had always been sensitive to the specific conditions and needs of Scotland , and that it might be appropriate for the CNAA to set up a Scottish Committee .
5 When factory industry began to take over , however , the mills were built at Hebden Bridge below , to take advantage of the water-power provided by the river and the transport facility of the canal , so Hebden Bridge grew fast into a busy mill town whilst Heptonstall remained as it had always been .
6 Acher claimed that it had merely arranged the contract on behalf of Progresso , but representatives of the latter denied involvement in illegal activities .
7 Dalgliesh thought that it had probably been built later , perhaps because the original owner of the mansion had quarrelled with the local parson and , in defiance , had decided to make his own arrangements for spiritual ministrations .
8 London stayed where it had always been — at least since Roman times .
9 Joyce explained that it had always been his intention to apply for a commission in the army once he had got his degree .
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